S-Oils base oil business posted higher second quarter operating income thanks to healthy Group III prices, but SK Lubricants had a lower operating pro ...

North Americas finished lubricants demand will change little, with 0.3 percent compounded annual growth from 2014 to about 2.8 billion gallons in 2019 ...

Rafinerija ulja Modrica recently launched a new blending plant in Modrica, northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 13 million (U.S. $14.2 million) blendi ...

United Arab Emirates-based Gulf Petrochem expanded into East Africa with its recent acquisition of Essar Petroleum East Africa Ltd., which was renamed ...

GTS Chemical reported that revenue and gross profit for its lubricant division jumped 68 percent and 61 percent, respectively, in the second half of 2 ...

China offers great opportunity for progress in the recycling of used lubricants - both in terms of the volume recycled and the quality of products pro ...

Solvay recently began producing specialty surfactants at its new alkoxylation plant in Singapore, which it said is the largest of its kind in Asia.

Malaysia is a regional leader in consumption of synthetic and semi-synthetic passenger car motor oils, with an uptake of 40 percent, according to a st ...

Nigeria has approved N2.4 billion (U.S. $11.6 million) to establish auto-testing centers to help ensure vehicle safety and environmental protection, a ...

The increased use of biodiesel has exacerbated the effect of fuel dilution of the lubricant. Fuel dilution can increase oxidation, reduce viscosity, c ...

The deadline for GHS conversion in the United States and Europe has passed, but some companies have not made the transition yet. If youre in this posi ...

An old adages states, "If you want to make an omelet, you need to break some eggs." Thats an apt description of a new approach Adnoc Distribution is c ...

Emeka Umejei reviews the challenges to Group II suppliers in Africa.

Japanese chemical producer Koei Chemical Co. has sold its pentaerythritol, di-pentaerythritol and sodium formate businesses to Swedens Perstorp for an ...

Russian chemical producer Orgkhim will break ground on its extender process oils plant in Malaysia by the end of this year, the company told Lube Repo ...

Shell Lubricants recently launched a lifetime engine warranty in India for motorists using Shell Helix Ultra engine oil. Shell claims the offer is unm ...

JOHANNESBURG – Sub-Saharan African lube blenders have been slow to switch to API Group II base stocks, but speakers at an industry conference he ...

In its first public comments about the decision to close its Nizhny Novgorod base oil plant, Lukoil said it shut the facility because of dwindling dem ...

Luberefs Yanbual Bahr, Saudi Arabia, refinery expansion – which will add 700,000 metric tons per year of API Group II base oil and increased bri ...

Demand for 10W engine oils should continue growing at healthy rates, a Lubrizol official told a recent industry conference in Singapore, though for di ...